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San Francisco for Historians
California Palace of the Legion of Honor. Art museum overlooking Golden Gate Bridge displaying an impressive collection of 4,000 years of ancient and European art. January exhibitions include "Artists' Books in the Modern Era: 1870-2000" and "In Focus: Photographically Illustrated Books, 1857-1930." 34th Avenue and Clement Street, San Francisco. (415) 863-3330. Open 9:30–5. www.thinker.org/legion.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. One of the world's most innovative museums of modern and contemporary art. January exhibitions include "Ansel Adams at 100," the first important critical reevaluation of Adams's art since his death in 1984, and "Judith Rothschild: An Artist's Search." 151 Third Street, San Francisco. (415) 357-4000. Open 11-6. www.sfmoma.org
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. With program areas devoted to Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Film/Video, and Education, the Yerba Buena Center is located in the heart of Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco's new cultural, entertainment and commercial district featuring a range of attractions, restaurants, museums, public art, and formal gardens. Mission Street and Third Avenue, San Francisco. Gallery open Thurs. and Fri. 11-8; Sat. and Sun. 11–6. (415) 978-2787. www.yerbabuenaarts.org
California Academy of Sciences. Founded in 1853, the California Academy of Sciences is the oldest scientific institution in the West and one of the ten largest natural history museums in the world. Includes Steinhart Aquarium and Morrison Planetarium. Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. (415) 750-7145. Open 10-5. www.calacademy.org
California Historical Society. State historical society featuring exhibitions, galleries, the North Baker Research Library, and museum store. 678 Mission Street, San Francisco. (415) 357-1848. Open 11-5, closed Sun. www.californiahistoricalsociety.org
Society of California Pioneers. Historical society devoted to California history, with a museum, research library, gallery, and educational activities. 300 Fourth Street, San Francisco. (415) 957-1849. Open 10-4, closed Sun. www.californiapioneers.org.
Exploratorium. Hands-on museum of science, art, and human perception. January exhibitions include "Mathematica: A World of Numbers . and Beyond." 3601 Lyon Street, San Francisco. (415) 397-5673. Open 10-5. www.exploratorium.edu.
Fort Mason Center. Part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Fort Mason houses the Museum of Craft and Folk Art, Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco African American Historical and Cultural Society, Cowell Theater, and Magic Theatre. West of Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco. (415) 441-3400. Hours vary. www.fortmason.org.
The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society of Northern California. Founded in 1985, the GLBTHS collects, preserves and promotes an active knowledge of the history of sexually diverse communities in northern California and beyond. Extensive archives and occasional exhibits. 973 Market Street, Suite 400. (415) 777-5455. Open 1-5, closed Sun. and Mon. www.glbthistory.org.
Presidio Trust. January exhibit of woodblock prints from the Meiji Era, 1868–1912. Main Post of the Presidio. 800-965-4827. www.atthepresidio.org
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. This unique park, located at the west end of Fisherman's Wharf, includes a fleet of historic vessels at Hyde Street Pier, the Maritime Museum, and the Maritime Museum Library. West of Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco. (415) 556-3002. Open 10-5. www.nps.gov/safr/local.
San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum. A library and museum with more than two million items, including books, periodicals, photographs, programs, playbills, newspaper clippings, audio and video tapes, costume and set designs, and other artifacts. 401 Van Ness Avenue, Fourth Floor, San Francisco. (415) 255-4800. Open 11-5, closed Sun. www.sfpalm.org.
Wells Fargo History Museum. Displays original Concord Coaches, Wells Fargo banking and express documents, artifacts, photos, gold coins, mining tools, ore, balance scales, working telegraphs, and western fine art. 420 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. (415) 396-2619. Open 9-5, closed Sat. and Sun. www.wellsfargohistory.com/museums.
Oakland Museum of California. Major museum devoted to the history, art, and natural sciences of California. January exhibitions include "California's Native Grandeur: Preserving Vanishing Landscapes," "Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity," and "Grand Lyricist: The Art of Elmer Bischoff." 1000 Oak Street, Oakland. (510) 238-2200. Open Thurs. 10-5; Fri. 10-9; Sat. 10-5; Sun. 12-5. www.museumca.org.
African American Museum and Library. A division of the Oakland Public Library devoted to discovering, preserving, interpreting, and sharing the historical and cultural experiences of African Americans in California and the West. 14th Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, Oakland. (510) 238-6716. www.oaklandlibrary.org/AAMLO.
Judah L. Magnes Museum. Jewish history museum featuring exhibitions, library, and archives. January exhibitions include "Telling Time: To Everything There Is a Season." 2911 Russell Street, Berkeley. (510) 549-6950. Open Thurs. and Sun. 10-4, closed Fri. and Sat. www.magnesmuseum.org.
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. U.C. Berkeley's anthropology museum, with exhibitions and collections with 3.8 million items. 103 Kroeber Hall, U.C. Berkeley. (510) 642-3682. Open 10-4:30. www.qal.berkeley.edu/~hearst.
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts. With 27 galleries, special exhibitions, and stimulating educational programs and events, the Cantor Center at Stanford is a cultural hub of the Peninsula. January exhibitions include "Liberated Voices: Contemporary Art from South Africa," "Paul De Marinis: The Messenger," and "Men at Work: Paintings by Kristina Branch." Stanford University. (650) 723-4177. Open Thurs. 11-8, Fri.-Sun. 11-5. www.stanford.edu/dept/ccva.
Public Buildings
City Hall. McAllister and Polk, San Francisco. (415) 554-6023. Docent-led tours Thurs. and Fri. 10, 12, and 2; Sat. and Sun. 12:30. www.ci.sf.ca.us/cityhall.
Public Library. 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco. (415) 557-4400. Open Thurs. 9–8, Fri. 12–6, Sat. 106, and Sun. 12-5. sfpl.lib.ca.us.
Alcatraz Island. One of the National Park Service's most popular destinations, a boat ride to Alcatraz offers a close-up look at a historic and infamous federal prison. Advance tickets recommended. Pier 41, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco. (415) 705-5555. Daily excursions leave 9:30-4:30. www.nps.gov/alcatraz.
Presidio of San Francisco. 1,480-acre park with more than 500 historic buildings, a collection of coastal defense fortifications, a national cemetery, an historic airfield, a saltwater marsh, forests, beaches, native plant habitats, coastal bluffs, miles of hiking and biking, and some of the most spectacular vistas in the world. Northwest corner of San Francisco. (415) 561-4323. Visitor's Center open 9-5. www.nps.gov/prsf/home.htm.
Muir Woods. 295-acre recreation area renowned for its ancient redwood trees and stirring natural beauty, accessible to beginner hikers. Marin County. (415) 388-2596. www.nps.gov/muwo/home.
San Francisco Zoo. Sloat Boulevard at 45th Avenue. (415) 753-7080. Open 10–5. www.sfzoo.org.
Oakland Zoo. 9777 Golf Links Road, Knowland Park, Oakland. (510) 632-9525. Open 10–5. www.oaklandzoo.org.
Theatre on the Square. To be announced. 450 Post Street, San Francisco. (415) 433-9500. www.theatreonthesquare.com.
Orpheum Theatre. To be announced. 1192 Market Street, San Francisco. (415) 512-7770. www.bestofbroadway-sf.com/.
Golden Gate Theatre. To be announced. 1 Taylor Street, San Francisco. (415) 512-7770. www.bestofbroadway-sf.com/.
Curran Theatre. To be announced. 445 Geary Street, San Francisco. (415) 512-7770. www.bestofbroadway-sf.com/.
Club Fugazi. Beach Blanket Babylon by Steve Silver. Green Street at Columbus, San Francisco. (415) 421-4222. www.beachblanketbabylon.com.
Cable Car Theatre. To be announced. 430 Mason Street, San Francisco. (415) 587-6747. www.sfstation.com/theatre/cablecar.htm.
Berkeley Repertory Theater. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare. 2025 Addison Street, Berkley. (510) 647-2949. www.berkeleyrep.org.
Walking Tours
In addition to those arranged by organizations affiliated with the AHA and described elsewhere, the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau has prepared a series of self-guided walking tours of various San Francisco locations, including Union Square, Chinatown, and North Beach. The tours may be downloaded at www.sfvisitor.org/visitorinfo/html/walkpdfs.html.
Joshua Paddison recently received his MA degree in history from San Francisco State University and is on the staff of the Local Arrangements Committee.
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We're happy you were able to join us for the Andrews University Leadership Conference. The conference was held at the Howard Performing Arts Center on the campus of Andrews University from July 19 - 22, 2013, and featured acclaimed broadcast journalist and news host Soledad O'Brien as the keynote speaker. Her presentation was titled "Diversity: On TV and in Our Lives."
The conference began with a three day pre-conference on Spiritual Leadership from July 19th-21st featuring a keynote address by R. Scott Rodin, the author of "The Steward Leader," as well as several interactive leadership presentations and workshops.
The Leadership Conference itself began with an onstage interview with Soledad O'Brien starting at 7:00 pm July 21st at the Howard Performing Arts Center and included stories from O'Brien on issues of race, class, opportunity and poverty as well as breakout sessions and activities.
The conference was free to the public with first come first served seating. An exclusive access option was also available which included catered meals, a copy of O'Brien's new book, and priority seating. The cost for exclusive access registration was $50 for community members, and $35 for Andrews University students, faculty, and staff.
Check back periodically for updates for the 2014 Andrews University Annual Leadership Conference

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WASHINGTON — It's no secret that America's favorite legal drug has vast impacts on public health. But just how closely binge drinking and overconsumption of alcohol are linked to deaths may come as a surprise.
One in 10 deaths of working-age adults every year is attributable to "excessive alcohol consumption," according to a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — a finding that keeps booze as "a leading cause of premature mortality nationwide."
The 88,000 deaths annually from 2006 to 2010 included acute causes, such as violence, alcohol poisoning and car crashes, as well as the health effects of prolonged overconsumption of alcohol, such as liver disease, heart disease and breast cancer. Excessive drinking shortened the lives of the people who died by about 30 years each, for a total of about 2.5 million years of potential life lost.
Alcoholic liver disease topped the list of all alcohol-related deaths, causing 14,364 a year. Next were motor vehicle crashes (12,460), suicide (8,179) and homicide (7,756).


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AUGUSTA (AP) — — High bail is appropriate to prevent the exploitation a Maine man who has attracted a marriage proposal and a stranger's offer to bail him out since his high-profile arrest for theft and burglary after living in the woods for nearly three decades, a prosecutor said Monday.
Bail for Christopher Knight was raised from $5,000 to $250,000 Sunday after Maine State Police filed two additional burglary and theft charges against him. He now faces four charges in all, but police say he's admitted to hundreds of burglaries over the years to obtain supplies for his makeshift camp in the woods near North Pond in the central Maine town of Rome.
Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney said that until the man known to locals as the North Pond Hermit is appointed an attorney, she and police feel it's their job to keep him safe. He could have a lawyer appointed as early as Tuesday, when a bail hearing is scheduled, she said.
Knight has drawn international interest since his arrest, with an offer of marriage, an offer of bail and a ballad written in his honor. Attorneys in and outside Maine have expressed an interest in representing him, and one person wanted to provide him housing, officials said.
There's even a book deal in the works.
"It's clear his story has tremendous interest," Maloney said. "Without an attorney, could that story be taken by someone who would then control it going forward? I think that's possible.
"There are a number of things that are possible, but if he has an attorney looking out for his interests, his story will remain his and his story will be told in a way he wants to tell it."
Police said Knight, 47, may have been responsible for as many as 1,000 burglaries during his 27 years in seclusion, raiding cottages for food, cooking gear, sleeping bags, tents and other goods to help him survive.
Knight was arrested after authorities said he tripped a surveillance sensor set up by a game warden while stealing food from a camp for children with special needs. Authorities later found the campsite where they said Knight lived, which included a tent covered by tarps suspended between trees, a bed, propane cooking stoves and a battery-powered radio.
After his arrest, the phone calls started coming.
One man wanted to write a poem about him and called asking for more background information on Knight, said state police spokesman Steve McCausland. Another caller offered housing. A carpenter from Georgia offered to travel to Maine and repair any damage Knight might have caused at the camps he allegedly broke into.
"Whether the callers are well-meaning or whether there's another motive there, I don't know," McCausland said.
On Saturday, a man who said he was from New York and temporarily living in New Hampshire showed up at the Kennebec County Jail offering to bail Knight out, said Wayne Michaud, a bail commissioner.
The offer seemed odd from the start because the man couldn't say what his plans were if Knight went with him, and kept calling another person on his phone before answering questions, Michaud said.
Knight turned down the bail offer after meeting with him and Michaud.
"Mr. Knight was certainly on top of things, asking him questions like: 'Why are you here? What do you want? I don't know you,'" Michaud said.
Knight isn't seeking attention, said Trooper Diane Perkins-Vance, who has met with him several times. She described him as humble, pleasant and intelligent, with a sense of humor.
He told her he probably would have spent the rest of his life in the woods if he hadn't been arrested.
"He doesn't have a reason for it; it's something he chose to do," she said. "He told me yesterday he probably would've died in the woods."
A Maine publishing company has now hired an author to write a book about Knight.
Northern House Media LLC was considering a book about Alexis Wright, the Kennebunk Zumba instructor who led a double life as a prostitute, when Knight walked out of the woods, owner Derrick Grant said.
"We thought Christopher Knight had Alexis Wright beaten hands down," he said. "So we abandoned Alexis Wright in favor of Christopher Knight."
People are captivated by Knight's story and how he could stay hidden for 27 years, Grant said. People are thinking, "maybe I'd want to do that, if not for 27 years, then for seven days."
"I think people are fascinated by is he a thief, or is he a hero, or is he both?" Grant said. "I think right now people have a lot of 'Why?'"
Maloney said she's heard some people compare Knight to Henry David Thoreau, the 19th-century author and philosopher from Massachusetts who made three journeys to Maine's North Woods and is well known for his reflections on simple living in nature.
But people shouldn't forget that Knight's accused of breaking into people's homes and stealing, she said: "His story is a mixture of Henry David Thoreau and the Phantom of the Opera."
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My Safari 4 vs Firefox 3 comparisonsPosted by Eerko under English, Personal, Software, Web
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I've been using Firefox 3 for some time, mostly after I discovered some great plugins and themes for it. The best plugin was Firebug, and although at later stages a similar function became available in Safari, I kept using the browser I knew best. Changing browsers is not something you should take on lightly as it is nowadays your environment for a lot of your computer usage.
With Safari 4 I decided to retry Apple's default Mac browser, because of the nice new technologies it provides (HTML 5, web font rendering, newest CSS features), and because it will then render on my Mac exactly like it does on my iPhone, even syncing bookmarks between them. So I set out to try it, and a couple of weeks later, I decided to not go back.
It works then – but what were my most missed Firefox features and most positive Safari experiences? Here's a list of differences that mattered to me:


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Will Gordon Tries the New Slim Jim Flavors
Despite being a professional editorial type, I consider myself a language libertarian. You want to misuse "literally," overuse "epic," or say the f-word in church? Fine by me. I'm easy. Hell, some of my closest friends "curate" "artisanal" cocktail "programs," so I obviously don't hold obnoxious talk against a body.
But just because I don't make hard and fast word rules doesn't mean I don't have a few strong preferences. One phrase I abhor is "guilty pleasure." I think people are either misusing it or have way too much self-loathing. If you really feel downright guilty about eating Junior Mints for breakfast or watching trashy TV, what emotion do you call upon when you do something legitimately dastardly? But lack of guilt does not have to equal excessive pride, which is to say that while I don't hate myself for loving Slim Jims, I also recognize it's not a particularly strong character trait.
A dear, dear friend gave me a box of 100 in mid-October and they were gone well before the mini-Snickers started rolling in at the end of the month. Then, when feeling returned to my feet in the middle of December, I went to 7-Eleven to see what's up with the new Slim Jim flavors everyone keeps talking about.
I started my testing by reacquainting myself with the Original flavor and comparing it to the 7-Eleven private label version. I don't mind paying $1.19 for a Giant Slim (the nom de meat for the foot-long .97-ouncer), but if I could save a fifth of a buck at a time on the generic rendition I'd be able to buy the Internet and give myself a raise by the end of March.
But no dice there, as the 7-Eleven knockoff isn't half as good. There's none of the satisfying snap you earn by penetrating a Slim Jim (though the Slim Jim's snap isn't what it used to be, either); your teeth meet no resistance before sinking straight into the disconcertingly gray interior.
The 7 Select Snack Stick is no great shakes in the taste department either. Whereas the Original Slim Jim offers a piquant blend of paprika and real animal flesh, the generic one tastes like a bland lunchmeat that I can't quite place. I bet it's pimiento loaf. Yup. I've never had pimiento loaf, but I'm certain it tastes like a 7 Select Snack Stick.
SJ supremacy established and hopes of Internet ownership dashed, I turned next to the Mild, which, as it happens, has no reason to exist. It's not bad by any means, but if the base model Slim Jim's too spicy for you, you have no place in the smoked meat snack game. The mild tastes a bit like a better version of the 7-Eleven joint. I'd never turn down a free one, but I won't pay for it again.
Honey BBQ was up next. This was only available in the 1.94-ounce Monster size, of which I heartily approve, as doubling the foot-long's girth did no disservice to the texture. The Honey BBQ flavor was a disappointment, though. The honey sweetness was very faint and there was no flavor I'd identify as barbecue, just an unpleasant heat in the back of my throat.
Tabasco flavor was much better. I tasted honest-to-goodness hot sauce, and for whatever alchemic reason, the addition of Tabasco makes for a very firm Slim Jim.
Zesty Garlic also displayed an unorthodox texture; it required an almost jerky-like tearing to separate a bite from the stick. The flavor was more garlicky than zesty, so if that's your thing, this is your Jim.
Nacho, sadly, isn't any thinking man's Jim. The cheese flavor is unpleasantly Whizzy and completely lacking in verve. It's like ballpark nacho cheese that's been engineered to reach a specific viscosity, taste be damned, and there's no place for that in the smoked meat snack canon. It's been a week and I'm still pissed. Let's move on.
The Jamaican Style Jerk was a close runner-up to Tabasco. It was complex and spicy, with a strong clove character that makes it an ideal holiday Slim Jim.
Did I miss any flavors? Has anyone tried the Matador brand competition? Am I fired? Talk to me, meat snackers.
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Training Ship Golden Bear (TSGB) is a working maritime vessel which houses the Shipboard Living Learning Community. TSGB offers suite style living for 124 residents and is staffed by one Student Hall Director and four Resident Hall Officers. All rooms aboard TSGB are double occupancy and traditionally house first time students participating in the Shipboard Living Learning Community. All students in a deck or engine program participate in the Shipboard Living Learning Community.Students aboard TSGB reside on one of two residential decks with the total occupancy of each deck being 62 students and 2 Resident Assistants. Due to electrical systems, Coast Guard policies and the TSGB security plan, all students must read the list of prohibited items for TSGB as it differs from all other campus facilities. Students bringing prohibited items will not be allowed aboard with the items.
ATTENTION: Please be aware that the TSGB is within an industrial safety area. Proper shoes must be worn on the pier and on the ship at all times. Flip flops, sandals (without a back strap), clogs or high heel shoes are not authorized for wear onboard the ship.
Shipboard Living Learning Community
This program, which was developed in 2009, allows incoming students in the Marine Transportation and Engineering Majors to enhance their learning experience. Each incoming student within one of these majors will be required to live on the Training Ship Golden Bear (TSGB) for one semester of their first year at Cal Maritime.
The First Year Shipboard Living-Learning program helps develop a familiarization onboard the TSGB for all cruise required students. These classes have been developed by the TSGB officers and Professors in the specific major. This will allows for the students going on the TSGB cruise during their first summer to be well prepared and to be familiar with TSGB as a whole. Residene Hall Officers and Living Learning Community Mentors aboard the TSGB also provide specialize programming to support ship familiarization. Programs include but are not limited to ship tours, pre cruise breifings, systems tours, etc.
Due to the fact that TSGB is a working vessel, supplemental policies exist which all students living aboard are expected to follow. Examples of supplemental policies include but are not limited to:


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If rest and relaxation is what you want, the secluded mountain forests, meadows in bloom, mysterious fens, springs and streams of the Thuringian Forest Nature Park are just what you have been looking for. Hikers can also explore the countryside on the 170 kilometre long Rennsteig, the oldest long-distance hiking trail in Germany and even today, the Kammweg hiking trail is one of the country's most popular hiking routes.
Drivers can experience the nature park by taking the 450 kilometre long Thuringian Forest Nature Park Route. In addition to passing through some unique countryside, this road also leads to many cultural attractions such as the monumental Wartburg Castle, which is now a UNESCO World Heritage site, the romantic palace and landscape gardens of Altenstein, Inselberg mountain or the town of Oberhof, which has hosted many winter sports championships. The colourful stalactites and shimmering underground lakes of Saalfeld's enchanting Fairy Grottoes (Feengrotten) cast a spell on visitors, whilst the Schwarza Valley Panorama Trail invites them to enjoy a walk and the wonderful views.
The park's thirteen information centres recount the history of the countryside, provide information about attractions, hiking routes, sports activities and accommodation and inform visitors about local events and exhibitions.
Visitors seeking inspiration from the countryside can find this on a creative rural break: the options available range from artist's workshops, guesthouses and hotels offering creative activities in a "Creativ-Hof", felting, woodcarving, visits to art schools or glass making, ceramic, porcelain or puppet making workshops, through to arts programmes run by museums, courses and seminars on naturopathy and herbal remedies and drawing schools.
The THURINGIAN FOREST CARD offers visitors a themed guided tour and discounts at over 330 leisure, beauty and fitness providers and food outlets, as well as at museums, caves and places selling regional products from Hörschel an der Werra to Saaletalsperren.
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CNN interviewed Alexander Nekrassov today about why President of Russia Vladimir Putin has nothing to do with the murder yesterday of Russian politician Nemstov. Russian citizens were out today in their thousands in memory of Mr Nemstov. The video below is the interview from around 6.00pm broadcast on CNN Live News.
Will be on #CNN right after 18.00 to talk about #Nemtsov
— Alexander Nekrassov (@StirringTrouble) March 1, 2015
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— Jm Bob (@stijbob) February 27, 2015
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Evan Long says he "caught the bug" in his freshman year at UNC Pembroke. For his good works, the senior from Lincolnton, N.C., was named the university's 2013 Community Impact Award winner, the university's highest honor for campus and community engagement.
The first business major to win the award, Long traveled to Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte on November 2 to accept the award at the annual student Citizenship, Service, Networking and Partnerships (CSNAP) Student Conference sponsored by the N.C. Campus Compact.
Long has made an impact at UNCP, according to Aubrey Swett, director of UNCP's Office of Community and Civic Engagement. "Evan has shown a strong dedication to his campus and the surrounding community since his first days on campus," Swett said.
"He is ambitious, aware, responsible and truly demonstrates what it means to be an active and engaged citizen," he continued. "His work in helping to develop the on-campus Food Pantry and resource center has been instrumental in developing a sustainable program that will affect the lives of many people long after he graduates. Evan will leave a great legacy at UNCP."
In an interview at UNCP's new Food Pantry, Long said his volunteer work has enriched his college experience and developed his leadership skills. It started, he said, in his freshman year when he decided to live in the university's Leadership Living-Learning Community. There, he met people like Christie Poteet from the Office of Community and Civic Engagement.
"I saw the passion she has for community service," Long said. "We joke about catching the bug, and you just don't stop volunteering.
"I caught mine my freshman year on an Alternative Spring Break trip to Miami, Fla.; we worked with teens, who have been through the criminal justice system," he said. "I'll never forget, on the last day, they told their stories. You just can't put it in words."
As a high school senior, Long was accepted to other colleges and considered community college, but he's glad he came to Pembroke. Until the Miami trip, he was not certain he would remain at UNCP.
"I was a freshman; I was scared, and I stayed to myself," Long said. "The living-learning community introduced me to other students and expanded my involvement.
"If I had not gotten involved, I would not have stayed," he says today. "I wouldn't take back my decision to come to UNCP for anything."
Long has an extraordinary record of service. His work earned a job as a Student Service Leader organizing its events with the Office of Community and Civic Engagement.
He is a founder and manager of the food pantry. A clothing closet tor teens and the food pantry are his biggest projects. The pantry is well stocked and the space also serves as a community resource center.
"The generosity of faculty and staff is beyond anything I imagined," he said. "The administration has been supportive, and we're thankful to have this space in Wellons Hall."
Long said food insecurity is a problem among students, and he wants to get the word out. A recent survey showed that nearly half of UNCP's student have "low food security." Emergency food bags are in offices across campus.
"College students are not eligible for food stamps," he said. "If getting by means eating Ramin noodles, there is food problem."
For the future, Long is looking into several options. A solid student with an interest in marketing, he may take a plunge in the corporate world. When asked if it's unusual for a business major to become so deeply involved in community service, he had an answer.
"I don't see many business students doing this," Long said. "But starting the food pantry is like starting a business. We've even had to deal with red tape from the state."
Long has engaged in the entire college experience. He's a football fan and a member of Theta Xi fraternity. His dedication and work are appreciated by university administrators.
"Evan is dedicated to the campus and community and works tirelessly to engage other students in service," Swett said. "Evan has been instrumental in developing sustainable programs that promote civic responsibility.
"He has been the lead for several alternative break trips, campus days of service, and other projects in the areas of hunger and homelessness and community engagement," he continued. "Evan is responsible for managing and overseeing the day-to-day operation of the food pantry. He is committed to making a true difference in his community, both locally and nationally.
For more information about civic engagement at UNCP, please contact the Office of Community and Civic Engagement at 910.521.6163 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — For San Jose Earthquakes forward Chris Wondolowski, 2012 began in much the same way 2011 ended.
Wondolowski, who tied for the league lead with 16 goals last year, scored in the 15th minute Saturday to give the Earthquakes a 1-0 win over the New England Revolution.
It was San Jose's first victorious home opener since the club rejoined MLS as an expansion side in 2008. The Quakes lost their four previous home openers by a combined score of 6-0.
For the Revolution, the game also continued a 2011 storyline, albeit one they'd rather forget. New England, which finished tied for last in the 2011 standings, lost five of their final six matches to end last season and have now won just once in their last 15 MLS regular-season contests.
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The Quakes got on the board by taking advantage of a New England miscue in the Revolution's own half of the field. Captain Sharlie Joseph tried to play a ball across the field for left back A.J. Soares, but the Cal product slipped and couldn't reach the ball.
San Jose winger Shea Salinas, one of several attacking players brought in as San Jose retooled following a failed playoff run in 2011, scooped up possession and quickly slipped a through ball to Wondolowski. The US international took one touch and fired from just outside the penalty box past helpless goalkeeper Matt Reis.
Wondolowski extended his scoring streak to a league-best six games, dating back to the end of last season.
The Earthquakes, who had only one shutout in their final 15 matches last season, held on to blank New England despite the Revolution's increased second-half pressure.
With Saer Sene unavailable due to injury, the Revolution opened with two newcomers – D.C. United castoff Blake Brettschneider and Colombian signee Fernando Cardenas – in the attack. But the visitors rarely tested San Jose goalkeeper Jon Busch, who was called upon to make just one official save.
New England's best chance for an equalizer in regulation came when Lee Nguyen blocked a clearance from Justin Morrow, drove to the end line and then tried to feed the ball across the goalmouth. New Quakes center back Victor Bernardez did well to softly cut out the pass for Busch to corral.
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Benny Feilhaber missed netting an equalizer by inches during second-half injury time, and seconds later, San Jose's Simon Dawkins pushed a potential game-clincher just past the far post.
The loss spoiled the coaching debut of New England's Jay Heaps, who took over for Steve Nicol this winter.
New England opened with five new faces in their lineup. In addition to Brettschneider and Cardenas, there were also John Lozano (center back), Clyde Simms (defensive midfield) and highly touted rookie Kelyn Rowe, who debuted professionally on the right wing.
Soares slid over to left back for the Revolution after Darrius Barnes suffered a calf injury Friday, with converted midfielder Stephen McCarthy stepping in at center back.
San Jose started their pair of newly acquired Honduran internationals, Bernardez and right wing Marvin Chávez.
Tyler Polak, the Revolution's second-round selection in this year's SuperDraft, made his pro debut in the 60th minute, replacing Soares. Nguyen, picked up by the Revs earlier this month after being dropped by Vancouver, also earned his first MLS appearance, entering with 21 minutes remaining.


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1. If 3 people cannot play the claimed score, what happens? The claimed score remains?BeeJay wrote: 1.Until such time as we have three people that confirm it only plays back to that score, yes.
2. No, you simply asked "What is antagonising?" and I answered that question
3. There's only 1 thread where you asked if the manual scan was for the arcade version of the game.
4. Yes, many people report problems with playbacks, and that is fine. What is not fine is repeatedly asking why nothing has been done yet
5. given that this site is run by volunteers..........................I, and probably others, will start ignoring those type of posts from you.
6. I don't assume who's older or more experienced as I have no idea of your age or the amount of life and/or gaming experience you have
7. So why are you so unwilling to accept the evidence presented to you that Pacmania difficulty C is in fact harder than difficulty B.
2. As said I asked what is antagonising in my posts in your point of view, not what is the word in general. For the words I don't know I use the dictionary.
3. Don't even know what is "manual scan". And why this manual scan should be conneted with Pacmania.
4. Kale for examble asked more than once for a specific score of "hpuncher" to be deleted, I didn't hear you to blame him.
5. Players are volunteers too.......................... its a good idea "you and probably others" ignore me because I have no time to waste in forum. Point is mods to care about such problems if they want a fair competition.
6. 46, what about you? Experience is not only gaming.
7. It's better to discuss about Pacmania in Pacmania's thread. What makes you think that I'm unwilling? Check latest post by Despatche, he's not sure which rank is more difficult. But you're sure? Did you try the game? Have you ever played it?


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Get to Know Us: Jennifer Olvera, Sunday Supper Recipe Columnist
Name: Jennifer Olvera
Location: Chicago
Occupation: Author and food/travel writer
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Column: Sunday Supper
Guilty pleasures? I like canned creamed corn. There, I said it.
Describe your perfect meal I enjoy grazing and could easily live on first-courses alone. There's nothing better a platter of bresaola, soppressata or jamón with nutty and blue cheeses, crusty bread, a packet of foil-baked olives and almonds. Maybe some caramelized, roasted garlic, too.
What food won't you eat? I'll try anything once. But violet candies? Definitely not twice.
Favorite food person: I adore Nigella Lawson. Not only is she a whiz with words—"flowing, viscous yolks," goodness sake—she's unapologetic about her indulgences.
When did you first realize you were a serious eater? I started cooking when I was about four. I also practiced penmanship writing fanciful (and, in retrospect, wholly impractical) recipes.
What do your family and friends think of your food obsessions? I think "crazy" came to mind the Christmas morning I first attempted mole for a fiesta. But I take scant leftovers at parties and holidays as a good sign.
Favorite food sites or blogs (besides SE)? I'm digging mariobatalivoice.blogspot.com. Albini certainly falls into the curmudgeon camp, but his cooking is thoughtful, methodical and sometimes off-kilter. Tastespotting photos make me hungry, and I like reading Sky Full of Bacon for its interesting shorts on hometown heroes.
Everyone has a go-to person they call for restaurant recommendations. Who's yours? I've written about Chicago food and dining for quite some time. More often than not, that makes me the go-to gal. But when I'm hitting to road or want a good perspective, I check out LTHforum.com a great, Chicago-based culinary chat site.
What is your favorite meal of the day and where do you get it? I'm not a sweets girl, generally speaking. Weekend mornings at Pho 777 on Chicago's Argyle Street is the perfect way to kick-start a day. Crackly, pan-fried noodles; rare, lime-y bo tai chanh; and banh xeo? Heaven.
Do you ever cook? What's the best dish you make? I work from home, and I'm constantly cooking. Even though something is always on the stove, I rarely make the same thing twice. However, I do go back to my oven-roasted puttanesca sauce. It's loaded with salty, tangy flavors: blistered tomatoes, pancetta, capers, kalamatas, red onions, lemon zest and whirls of balsamic and olive oil.
If you woke up tomorrow as a food, what would it be? A whole chicken, so I could stuff and smear myself with all kinds of flavorful things.
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Report explores alleged patient dumping
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LAS VEGAS — A newly finished internal probe takes a closer look at 10 cases of patients who may have been improperly discharged from a Las Vegas psychiatric hospital, although Nevada officials maintain none of them rise to the level of "patient dumping."
The review covered 1,292 Rawson-Neal hospital patients sent out of state between 2008 and March 2013, and singled out 10 cases where there wasn't enough documentation to ensure proper discharge procedures were followed. Four of those patients were sent to their home states, including three who went back to California and one who went to Utah.
The other six patients were sent to states they weren't from, including five to California and one to Florida. But Nevada Health and Human Services chief Mike Willden said patients had worked with a medical team on their discharge plans and were sent to destinations they requested.
"They were aware of their transportation and where they were going," Willden told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Nevada has come under fire since the Sacramento Bee published the story of James Flavy Coy Brown this spring. Brown was discharged from the psychiatric hospital Feb. 13 and sent on a 15-hour bus ride to Sacramento, where he arrived homeless and disoriented.
Brown, 48, has since been reunited with his daughter and lives with her family in North Carolina.
City attorneys from Los Angeles and San Francisco and have vowed to investigate whether patients were dropped off in their cities, and the ACLU of Nevada has filed a lawsuit on Brown's behalf alleging negligence and breach of fiduciary duty.
While Nevada health officials said they made mistakes in discharging patients, they've denied that the state has a systematic policy of dumping patients in other states.
Dr. Tracey Green, Nevada's chief medical officer, told The Associated Press that discharge plans are discussed throughout the treatment process and include the patient's input. Staff members are required to confirm that there is housing, shelter and a support system at the patient's destination.
A new policy announced since Brown's case came to light requires that patients have a chaperone on bus trips, Green said.
She also noted that doctors won't release a patient until they're stable — meaning doctors determine whether the patient is no longer a danger to themself or others, can take care of themselves and understands any medication regimen they may be on.
Whether the patient follows through with the plan is a different story. Some will choose not to take their medications, and "you have the right to make that decision," Green said.
Willden added that state hospitals can't keep patients against their will unless a court gives permission.
"These are people that upon discharge are well enough to travel. You can't hold people against their will, especially if they are well and beyond their need for our service," Willden said. "They have the right to their own self-determination."
Meanwhile, Nevada ACLU lawyer Allen Lichtenstein argues Brown wasn't well enough to travel, and the state didn't do enough to ensure he made a safe transition from Rawson-Neal.
"If it was necessary to get court approval and give him the treatment that he needed, that's what needed to be done," Lichtenstein told the Review-Journal. "He was clearly incapable of taking care of himself. I don't see how anybody can make the argument that that's proper treatment."


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On Freedom (and predestination)
Heaven will solve our problems, but not, I think, by showing us subtle reconciliations between all our apparently contradictory notions. The notions will all be knocked from under our feet. We shall see that there never was any problem.
From A Grief Observed
Compiled in Words to Live By
A Grief Observed. Copyright © 1961 by N. W. Clerk, restored 1996 C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. Preface by Douglas H. Gresham copyright © 1994 by Douglas H. Gresham. All rights reserved. Used with permission of HarperCollins Publishers. Words to Live By: A Guide for the Merely Christian. Copyright © 2007 by C. S. Lewis Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. Used with permission of HarperCollins Publishers.


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Queen Elizabeth Goes 3D for Her Holiday Message
"We wanted to do something a bit different and special in this Jubilee year," says a spokesperson
Check out the new Queen of Cool – rockin' her shades.
As if her Diamond Jubilee, her Summer Olympics' James Bond stunt and the anticipation of her great-grandchild from William and Kate weren't enough, Queen Elizabeth has capped this very special year by donning some funky glasses to view a new 3D version of her annual seasonal broadcast – the first time her traditional speech has been filmed in the format.
Complete with a blinged-out "Q" in Swarovski crystals decorating the temples of the frames, the specs – which she also once wore for a 3D movie in Canada a couple years ago – are an unlikely addition to the Queen's jewels.
"We wanted to do something a bit different and special in this Jubilee year, so doing it for the first time in 3D seemed a good thing, technology-wise, to do," a spokeswoman says.
The Queen's message will air at 3 p.m. U.K. time on Christmas Day. Looking back on the highlights of the year, she is expected to include her praise of the British Olympians and Paralympians who excelled at the London 2012 games.
Meanwhile, the 86-year-old monarch was absent from a pre-Christmas church service at Sandringham Sunday. It was said by Buckingham Palace that she is nursing a cold.


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King Cole Recipe
Pineapple and Fernet Branca in an Old Fashioned? Thought that might get your attention.
Note: To make simple syrup, combine 1 cup water with 1 cup sugar in a small saucepan and heat over medium heat, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved. Cool before using. Simple syrup will keep in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
- Yield:makes 1 cocktail
- Active time: 2 minutes
- Total time:2 minutes
- 2 ounces bourbon
- 1/4 ounce Fernet-Branca
- 1/4 ounce simple syrup (see note)
- Garnish: orange twist and pineapple chunk on a pick
Fill a mixing glass 2/3 full with ice. Add bourbon, Fernet Branca and simple syrup. Stir until well chilled, about 20 seconds.
Strain cocktail into an ice-filled rocks glass. Garnish with orange twist and pineapple chunk on a pick, serve immediately.


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By LARRY LAGE | Associated Press
DETROIT -- The Atlanta Falcons have earned home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs.
Matt Ryan matched a career high with four touchdown passes, two to Roddy White, and the Falcons led from start to finish in a 31-18 victory over the Detroit Lions on Saturday night.
The Falcons (13-2) pulled away with Ryan's fourth TD pass to wide-open tight end Michael Palmer in the fourth quarter and Matt Bryant's 20-yard field goal with 3:05 left that gave them a 15-point lead.
Detroit (4-11) dropped its seventh straight game.
Meanwhile, Lions receiver Calvin Johnson had a record-breaking night.
Johnson surpassed Jerry Rice's single-season yards receiving record of 1,848 with his 10th catch in the fourth quarter Saturday night. That put Johnson over the 200-yard mark in the game against the Atlanta Falcons. He needed 182 to surpass the mark Rice set in 1995 with the San Francisco 49ers.
Johnson had more than 100 yards receiving for an eighth straight game, breaking an NFL record set by Charley Hennigan in 1961 and matched by Michael Irvin in 1995. Johnson broke another league mark with 10 receptions in a fourth game in a row.
It was Johnson's 11th game with 100 yards receiving this season, tying Irvin's NFL mark.
In the first quarter, Johnson surpassed Herman Moore's single-season franchise record of 1,686 yards.
Befitting a season that has gone badly, Johnson fumbled in the first half to help Atlanta add to its big lead.


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I think we all know how I feel about MS ever being a "positive" thing in anyone's life. So you can imagine how I was about to explode when I heard a neurologist, at a newly diagnosed event I was speaking to this weekend, start talking about "Positive" and "Negative" MS exacerbations.
Knowing that this was a competent and compassionate doc, I sat back and didn't pounce; and I'm glad. I learned something!
We all know how important it is to describe our symptoms to our medical team well. They cannot fully understand what is going on in our bodies if we cannot articulate the symptoms. This doctor was trying to give these newbies a good place to start; "Positive or Negative"
A "Positive" MS symptom is one that adds sensation or "ability"
Added sensations could include pain, burning, tingling, hypersensitivity, double-vision, spaciticity, rigidity, urinary urgency, etc
"Negative" MS symptoms might be things like numbness, loss of muscle tone or control, incontinence, tunnel vision, cognitive impairment and the like.
I thought this was a great way to begin to subdivide symptoms. It reminded me of how I used to teach wine pairing classes using the UC Davis "Nobel Wine Wheel". If you give someone the tools to understand in terms they already know, it makes all the difference.
Another point the doc made was how some symptoms can change from negative to positive as a sign of "healing".
If numbness turns into pins & needles, that might be a sign that some signal is getting though an area where none did previously. When old symptoms come back during a pseudo exacerbation, we might use the experience to see if there is any change. Is an old burning, for example, now pins & needles? Is old rigidity now spacticity?
So, I learned something new at a newly diagnosed event. Old dog, new tricks; methinks.
Don't forget that you can also follow me via our Life With MS Facebook page, on Twitter, and our new group on MS Connection.org. Check out our bi-monthly blog for the UK and look for our Very Special new monthly blog for the National MS Society.
Important: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and not Everyday Health.


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Strategic advisors never get tired of diving into clients' businesses and learning what makes their customers tick and profits grow and how they differentiate themselves in this competitive climate. We also never get tired of answering the most common questions. Questions about email marketing are like little shots of espresso – it just makes us more wired and ready to take on the day. Below is a list of the top four most common questions our clients ask and an answer that would work for most businesses. Of course, the best way to get a customized answer for your business is to schedule a strategy call with your strategic advisor.
When is the best day and time to send my messages?
A common myth in email marketing is that there is a best time to send a message to all subscribers. Variables, such as how your email renders on a mobile device, the personal nature of your email or the urgency of your offer, all play into how the subscriber reacts to your message. At iContact, your strategic advisor can look at how quickly your email messages are open and clicked, and if you use Google Analytics, we can even look at how long your email garnered engagement. Based on the information we uncover and the specifics of your email, we can advise you as to whether timing is important for you and your subscribers.
By Kelly Smith, Strategic Advisor
How do I use Google Analytics to measure the success of my email marketing?
By measuring results of your email marketing campaigns with Google Analytics, you can continually improve your ROI and build a stronger web presence. When you integrate Google Analytics tracking in your email, you can look at each email or campaign beyond clicks and opens. Email metrics are important, but the actual revenue and web traffic can only be measured with site analytics. All you have to do is set up Google Analytics Ecommerce and turn on Google Analytics integration inside your iContact Account by adding URLs you want to track. Doing so will allow you to track the number of purchases, revenue per product and total revenue from each campaign. While Google Analytics does not, and neither should it, substitute your ESP tracking, using Google Analytics will allow you to test, optimize and achieve the best results!
By Victoriya Bobbit, Senior Strategic Advisor
What should I do with the subscribers who have not opened an email in six months or a year?
The email providers are now using list engagement as another way to rate your email and decide if it makes it to the inbox or the junk folder. This makes it important to look at your non-openers every couple of months. I recommend to clients that they do a reengagement campaign with clients who have not opened a message in the last six months and have been on your list for at least 60 days. A reengagement campaign involves segmenting these people out of your list and sending them a specific targeted email to win them back. These emails can discuss the subscriber's benefit to being on your list, provide an incentive for buying (it must be a better enticement than you would normally send and enough to make them take action) and offer a clear unsubscribe. I would send out the reengagement campaign a couple of times, each time removing opens from the segments and putting them on your regular sending list. There are many different approaches and/or tips that your strategic advisor can give you to make this a successful exercise and keep your email list healthy.
By Maria Burch, Strategic Advisor
How do I use split testing to help me increase my ROI?
Split testing is a tool you can use to test two versions of an email. Most marketers will test subject lines and content, but you can test almost anything. Split-testing can help increase open and click-through rates by measuring how subscribers respond to various subject lines or content and then apply that knowledge to future sends.
There are a few different ways to run a split test:
10/10/80 – Testing 20% (10% one version and 10% another) of the subscriber list and then sending out the email of your choice (better performing) to the remainder of the list. You should wait 24 to 48 hours after the test send to choose which version to send out to the remainder of the list. This test is a good way to increase opens and clicks by finding out which version performs better and send that version out to the remainder of the list.
50/50 – Testing one version of an email with 50% of the subscriber list and the other version with the remaining 50%. This is good to do with tests that are time sensitive, when there is no time to wait to act on the winning email. You'll gain insight now to apply to sends later. This type is also good for small list sizes.
Any variation of the previous test – 20/20/60, 25/25/50, 5/5/90, etc.
Make sure to test for specific items, so that you have a clear winner.
- Subject Line – Test different versions, action words, % vs. $ savings, etc.
- Content – Test text-to-image ratio, button text and color, column placement or width, shorter/longer content or text/image size. Also, try changing the call to action in the subject but keep it in the same place so that the test is valid.
- From Name – Try testing different from names.
- Clickable Areas – Try different size images, buttons and links.
- Layout – Test number of columns, image position and pre-header.
- Time – Test the time and day.
Split testing is a great tool and should be used often.
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Many of us will now be familiar with K4 Fins, thanks to their rise to fame on the wavesailing market. Those funky yellow plastic fins have created quite a stir; a stir which has seen even Graham Ezzy go yellow! So, it might be a surprise to hear that they are now also making freestyle fins. In fact, not only are they making them, they are already winning with them in the hands of the newly crowned UK Freestyle Champion Andy Chambers.
The stats
- Price: £42.50
- US Box: 14, 16, 18, 20cm
- Powerbox: 16, 18, 20cm
About K4 Freestyle Fins
You might be wondering how relevant this is to you, particularly if you aren't yet pulling off double spocks, shaka takas and whatever else. So before you click elsewhere, let me just say that if you own any type of freestyle board and that includes freestyle/waves, then you should read on.
For those of you who have never tried a proper freestyle fin in your board, you definitely should and here's why…
Most Freestyle boards are supplied with standard fins that are really just too big for freestyle. They are suited to getting the board planing early, carving performance and straight-line performance. If you own a board with the word 'freestyle' in the name, my guess is that you at least have some hope of having a dabble at the odd freestyle move. And if you do, then you are going to benefit from a dedicated freestyle fin. The biggest factor you will notice is that when the board starts to slide, it does so with a lot more ease and without 'biting' to a stop. Whether you are trying out your very first Vulcans or competing on the PWA tour, this is one of the most useful assets you can have in a freestyle set-up and the reason you absolutely need to put a freestyle fin in your board if you are starting to attempt sliding manoeuvres.
There are a few drawbacks however and most noticeably it's the straight-line performance. The fin is a lot shorter and ultimately it therefore has less lift giving the board a feeling of being 'under finned' in a straight line. This is where the K4 fin starts to have an advantage. With its extra twist, it seems to offer a bit more grip through the water and tolerance to spin out compared to standard carbon and glass alternatives. The other thing it offers is durability. Lets face it, freestylers are generally posers; and to be a poser means you have to do things in shallow water. Sliding backwards in shallow water is a disaster for fins; traditional laminated fins have a real tendency to split open when they take a knock to the tip, but the advantage of the K4 construction is that they don't. Sure they are softer and wear down more easily, but they don't split and are easily sharpened back up with some sandpaper. In fact, at this point, it's worth setting a few things straight with regard to the construction of K4 fins. Whilst many refer to them as plastic fins, this is perhaps a little unfair, because the construction is somewhat more sophisticated than the term 'plastic' would infer. They are in fact manufactured from a plastic/ glass composite, which combines the cost and weight savings of plastic with the strength and durability of glass fibre.
Our test Clones used these fins and were really impressed with them. However, it's kind of pointless us going into the merits of the top-end performance because it they are good enough to win the UK title and feature in the top 10 of the PWA in the hands of Andy 'Bubble' Chambers, then they clearly work pretty well! So we thought it would be more interesting to ask Andy, who helped develop these fins, to give us some more info about what top riders are looking for from a freestyle fin:
So Andy, what attributes are you looking for in a freestyle fin?
Durability, weight, grip and speed.
What has changed over the past five years with regard to what you need in a fin?
Well, before we needed fins that got planing early, but also were short enough to be able to slide and rotate easily. Usually this meant having a super wide and thick fin, which meant it was really slow. Now with the new boards and sails, which plane much faster, we can have much faster thinner less draggy fins. Nowadays we need as much speed as possible for the air moves.
Why is the flex important in a freestyle fin?
A bit of flex is good as it keeps control when in choppy or overpowered sailing. Too much flex and the fins can become sticky and grippy, too stiff and you have no control.
Is the weight difference noticeable?
Obviously the lighter the fin the lighter the tail of the board feels when sailing and doing moves. You notice it massively when sailing a Quad wave board for instance. The tail feels really heavy with the four fins, so by putting in lighter fins you will make it feel lighter under foot.
What sizes fins do you use for what size of sails?
I have been using the 18cm for everything so far. Mainly in my bigger board 100ltrs with all sizes of sail 3.8-5.7. We are now trying out new shapes to see if we can get the 16cm to work better for heavy sailors, choppy water and bigger sails as it loses a bit too much grip at the moment.
How much input have you had into these fins?
As much as possible really! Thorpy knows exactly what he is doing with regards to the scientific bits. I test and give him feedback and we talk about adjusting the shape or foil thickness in different areas to cope with different conditions, riders etc. We give the fins out to a few other key secret (non sponsored) riders to get honest opinions on them as well.
If you are trying to learn freestyle, no matter what level you are and don't have a dedicated freestyle fin in your board, then you are definitely making things hard for yourself. What K4 offer here is top performing dedicated fin that is durable and also extremely economically priced. Now you know what to ask Santa for!


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Cruising the St. Johns River
Still Waters
Among Alligators and the Ghosts of Mad Men on the Mighty St. Johns.
The Betty Jane pushes up the St. Johns to ports unknown, at least to a lifetime Yankee like me.
Late last summer an email from Editor-in-Chief Richard Thiel pinged into my inbox—"I have something up my sleeve for you"—it read. The editors here were in the midst of planning our trips for the magazine's annual cruise issue, and my mind began to race. Would I be going to Belize? The Med? Maybe even the South Pacific?
Jump cut, if you will, to Thiel's office the following day. "How'd you like to cruise the St. Johns River with [Senior Editor] Bill Pike? It runs from Jacksonville into northern central Florida," Thiel offered, leaning back in his chair, fingers laced behind his head.
"Sounds great," I said. "The hell is the St. Johns River?" I thought.
A few minutes later I was Googling the river and quickly surmised that not only did it (somewhat mind-bogglingly) occasionally run both north and south, but it was allegedly teeming with alligators. "Nice," I thought to myself. "I'm definitely going to get eaten."
After a bumpy flight into Jacksonville, Bill picked me up, and we drove to the Ortega Landing Marina on the Ortega River, also in Jacksonville, where I laid eyes on a vessel I had read much about but never seen, Bill's beloved trawler, the Betty Jane. At 32 feet, she is, for lack of a better description, a happy little boat—with gleaming brightwork and a sheerline that suggests she is smiling. From some angles, she almost looks like a Disney cartoon version of a boat—which is fitting, because Bill himself, with a bushy beard, ever-present eyeglasses, and a folksy voice drenched in an accent of inscrutable origin, smacks of a Disney character himself. Wise and kind, he brings to mind Geppetto, the unassuming woodworker who, through skill and care and little bit of luck, managed to bring an inanimate object to life.
Bill contemplates a less-than-sunny morning over a hot cup of joe.
On the dock at Ortega, there were pressing matters at hand—namely a tropical storm that lurked on the horizon like somebody's bad dream. Bill wanted to see if we could press upstream and maybe get ahead of it, so after a little provisioning and a quick wipe-down of the boat, we pushed off into the Ortega River around 3 p.m. and chugged towards the nearby Ortega River Bridge, the entrance to the mighty St. Johns.
Bill had been fiddling doggedly with his VHF, determined to get a bead on what the storm might do. As we neared the bridge, it creaked slowly upward, the traffic on the road came to a halt, Bill made some chitchat with the bridge operator, and—boom—there we were, in the wide open gape of the St. Johns. I chuckled remembering something Bill had said moments earlier, "Kevin, we are about to venture up the St. Johns River, amongst the ghosts of mad men and psychopaths." I was not sure what he had meant.
We made it about 200 yards before it started to rain.
Bill pulled back on the throttle. "Well," he said, his palms up, feeling for drizzle. "This doesn't look particularly promising, Kevin." Our adventure was officially hamstrung. He spun the boat around and hopped back onto the VHF. "Ortega River Bridge, this is the Betty Jane," he said, a tad sheepishly, "you're going to think I'm insane, but would you mind if we made another pass through your bridge?" The bridge operator was still so close I could see him with my naked eye.
"No, not at all," a voice came crackling back, "that's something any sane person would do. You're not a lunatic at all, are ya?" A pause. "Ask my wife," replied Bill. And back to the marina we went.
It stormed all night, and though the morning broke dry, the sky remained a pallid gray. Undaunted, we shoved off again, back down the Ortega, past the bridge, and again into the mouth of the St. Johns. This time the skies held, and a lone dolphin frolicked off of our bow—always a welcome sign at the start of a journey.
I get prepared to dock in Palatka.
We motored steadily upriver—which means south—at about six knots, with our course set for the small town of Palatka, about 50 miles away. Twenty miles in however, a downpour commenced. So much for the "Sunshine" State. Bill and I simply shouldered our rain gear and stayed on the bridge throughout the day's damp undertakings. (Well, Bill did anyway. I got some reading done down in the saloon.)
This article originally appeared in the December 2010 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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The Office's Kelly and Ryan are reuniting — sort of!
B.J. Novak has booked a multi-episode arc on The Mindy Project, Vulture.com reports.
Novak — who, on The Office played half of one of the most infuriating, nauseating and sometimes delightful couples on television — will play Jamie, a Latin professor who bonds with Mindy (Mindy Kaling) over their love of the language.
6 reasons we want to work on The Mindy Project
Novak, a consulting producer on Project, is set to first appear early next year alongside Eva Amurri, who will portray Jamie's friend, Lucy.
Here's hoping Kaling will make her way back over to The Office soon so Ryan and Kelly can finally end up together — or end up killing each other.


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